Jalpaiguri diocese
| Jalpaiguri diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Calcutta |
| Diocesan bishop | Clement Tirkey |
| Vicar General | James Tirkey |
| founding | 1952 |
| surface | 9,614 km² |
| Parishes | 26 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 5,112,860 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 139,576 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 2.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 55 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 22 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,813 |
| Friars | 82 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 275 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Christ Redeemer Cathedral |
The Diocese of Jalpaiguri ( lat. : Dioecesis Ialpaiguriensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Jalpaiguri .
history
The diocese Jalpaiguri was on January 17, 1952 by Pope Pius XII. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Nullam sibi from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Dinajpur and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Calcutta as a suffragan .
territory
The diocese of Jalpaiguri comprises the districts of Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar in the state of West Bengal .
Bishops of Jalpaiguri
- Amerigo Galbiati PIME , 1952-1967
- Francis Ekka , 1967–1971, then Bishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur
- James Anthony Toppo , 1971-2004
- Clement Tirkey , since 2006